Business & Finance

Tessa James Director of Finance A UK chartered accountant, Tessa originally qualified in a medium-size practice, followed by a two-year international stint with KPMG. On return to the UK, she worked on a European start-up venture for a US company before joining BBC Worldwide... Read more

Susan Cooke Head of Legal and Business Affairs Susan is responsible for all legal production issues and negotiations with broadcasters, co-producers, financiers and talent. She also oversees Lion's secondary rights exploitation and legal and corporate matters generally across Lion's offices... Read more

Patsy Blades Head of Production Patsy joined Lion in 1998 to production manage the highly acclaimed observational documentary series Paddington Green. Since then she has continued to manage many programmes for most of the major broadcasters both here and in the US... Read more